Science Quiz #204

Science and Nature Quiz for 12 December 2012

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Nephology is the study of what?

Waves

Clouds

Ice

Volcanoes

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Which of these are words applied to an eclipse?

Total and partial

Full and piecemeal

All and some

Most and bitty

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What is the main ingredient in "yellowcake"?

Golf balls

Heroin

Lemon

Uranium

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Which of these is not a type of newt found in Britain?

Note: This question was updated in September 2020

Red-spotted

Smooth

Banded

Palmate

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Which part of the cardamom plant is used as a spice?

Pollen

Stalk

Flower

Seed

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What is boiled in water to form gelatine?

Botox

Fructose

Collagen

Sago

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What is the word for a male turkey?

Bull

Buck

Stag

Tom

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